The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2017.
Listed are the armed conflicts having done globally at least 100 victims and at least 1 victim during the year 2017.
Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2017.
Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2017 |
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1978 | War in Afghanistan | Asia | Afghanistan | 23,065[n 1][6] |
2003 | Iraq conflict | Asia | Iraq | 13,187[7] |
2006 | Mexican Drug War | North America | Mexico | 14,771[8][a]-31,174 |
2011 | Syrian Civil War | Asia | Syria | 39,000[9] |
Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2017.
Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.[10]
Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2017 |
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1948 | Internal conflict in Myanmar | Asia | Myanmar | 6,700+[11][12][13][14] |
1969 | Moro conflict | Asia | Philippines | 1,384[n 2] |
1973 | Oromo conflict | Africa | Ethiopia | 1,011[30] |
1991 | Somali Civil War | Africa | Somalia Kenya |
5,154[30][b] |
1998 | Communal conflicts in Nigeria | Africa | Nigeria | 1,097[30] |
2002 | Insurgency in the Maghreb | Africa | Algeria Burkina Faso Libya Mali Niger Tunisia |
2,835[30][c] |
2003 | War in Darfur | Africa | Sudan | 1,109[30] |
2009 | Boko Haram insurgency | Africa | Nigeria Cameroon Niger Chad |
3,110[30][d] |
2011 | Libyan Crisis | Africa | Libya | 1,564[30] |
2011 | Yemeni Crisis | Asia | Yemen Saudi Arabia |
1,438[31][e] |
2011 | Sinai insurgency | Africa | Egypt | 1,342[30] |
2011 | South Kordofan conflict | Africa | Sudan | 1,225[30] |
2011 | Ethnic violence in South Sudan | Africa | South Sudan Ethiopia |
3,646[30][f] |
2012 | Central African Republic conflict | Africa | Central African Republic | 1,723[30] |
Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 100 and fewer than 1,000 direct violent deaths in 2017.
Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1 and fewer than 100 direct violent deaths in 2017.